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The Romanovs - box set

Truth, perhaps, is stranger than fiction ... In this short early preview of THEY EAT HORSES, DON'T THEY?, Piu Marie Eatwell explores the background to, and the contemporary evidence for, the idea that the French are voracious eaters of horse meat. We know that the French ate horses in the past, but do they still do so today? The age-old, love-hate relationship between Brits and Frogs has spawned many myths. In recent years our stock of received wisdom about France - land of the sophisticated lover and the wine-fuelled lunch - has been fed by a new generation of myths: nota.Read more...

Abstract:

The complete collection of Massie's Pulitzer-winning biographies -- an extraordinary chronicle of imperial Russia and the story of the Romanovs.Read more...

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Editorial reviews

Publisher Synopsis

'A sensitive and compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman' Newsweek. 'A masterful, intimate and tantalising portrait of a majestic monarch' Publishers' Weekly. 'A biographer with the instincts of a novelist' New York Times.Read more...